386 LEGUiflNOSJE. (pulse FAMILY.) 



1 1 Pod denticulate at sutures. Lower leaves destitute of tendrils. 



14. V. Narboneusis, 15 serratifolia. 



* * Flowers raeemed, rarely solitary, more or less long-pedunded. 



t Perennials. Leaves tendril-hearing {except 17 usually odd-pinnate). 



16. V. Cassubica, 17 canescens, 18 gregaria, 19 Cracca, 20 tenui- 

 folia. 



i- 1 Momcarpic. Leaves tendril-learing {except 28 ending in a mucro.) 



X Style flattened. Racemes many flowered {in 25, ^-^z-flowered) . 



21. V. Cassia, 22 calcarata, 23 varia, 24 villosa, 25 Palaestina. 



X X style filiform. Racemes ^-Q-fiowered {flowers in 26 solitary.) 



26. V. bombyciua, 27 hirsuta, 28 Ervilia, 29 gracilis. 



1. V. hybrida, L. .15 to. 4, or more, Fig. 150. 

 appressed-hairy, diffuse or climbing. Leaflets 



5-7 pairs, obovate, obtriangular, obcordate, 

 and oblong, retuse ; stipules minute, semi-has- 

 tate, the upper lanceolate. Flowers solitary ; 

 corolla yellow, sometimes purple-veined, .025 

 long ; pods deflexed, oblong-rhombic, .04 long, 

 .01 broad, flattish, hirsute with hairs scarcely 

 tubercled at base — Spring — Fields ; common 

 throughout. 



2. V. lutea, L. © .15 to .3, hairy, 

 stems weak, ascending. Leaflets 6-8 pairs, ol- 

 long-linear to linear., obtuse, mucronate ; stipules 

 minute, obtriangular, 2-parted. Flowers soli- 

 tary, rarely twin, corolla yellow or purplish, 

 .015 to .02 long ; pod stipitate, flattened, ob- 

 long-rhombic, .03 long, hirsute with hairs aris- 

 ing from a well-marlced tubercle — Fields — Pod of V. hybrida. 



Var. liirta, Boiss. More densely hairy ; stems firmer, more 

 erect ; corolla paler yellow or purplish — Syrian coast. 



3. V. sericocarpus, Fenzl. .2 to .5, appressed-hairy, 

 stems diffuse or climbing. Leaflets 5-8 pairs, linear to wedge-obovate, 

 truncate to retuse or obcordate, mucronate ; stipules minute, semi-has- 

 tate, the lower denticulate at base. Flowers solitary, rarely twin ; 

 corolla yellow, .02 to .025 long ; pods stipitate, pendulous, oblong- 

 rhomboid, .02 to. 04 long, beaked, turgid, appressed-silhy icith non-tuber - 

 cled hairs — Spring — Fields common. 



Var. microptiylla, Boiss. Leaflets minute, obovate-cuneate ; 

 calyx-teeth short — Antilebanon jDlateau to Aintab. 



4. V. g^aleata, Boiss. ^Udaisah. .3 to .6, or more, glabrous, 

 elimbing. Leaflets 4-6 pairs, cuneate -obovate to oblong, truncate or re- 

 tuse ; stipules very small, ovate, acute. Racemes short-peduncled, 2- 

 4-flowered, much shorter than leaf; corolla pale yellow, .025 long; 

 pod glabrous, flattened, netted, stipitate, oblong, .03' long, .008 broad, 

 acute, upper margin straightish — Spring — Moist hedges ; common. 



5. v. Noeaiia, Rent. (Turkish) Punjah-Tchicheha. .3 to .4, 

 pubescent ; stems striate, somewhat climbing. Leaflets 5-7 pairs obo- 



